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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
THE TOAD AND HIS PREY.
Peculiar Provision of Nature by
which he can Eat Insects.

1 recently spent five or six hours on
steamboat in company with a
stranger from Brooksville-a modest,
intelligent man, full twenty years my
Junior. Just as we were nearing the
city OF Bangor the remark of third
party led him to say that the most
curious things he had ever seen in his
life was on the occasion of his splitting
a huge boulder in field that he
might use the pieces for stone wall,
and finding in the center of it great
fat toad. ii his report was true, it
would seem that the toad must have
crawled in or fallen into the fissure in
the first year of his life, and have
found in there sufficient supply of
insects, either falling in or crawling
in, to sustain his life for four or five
years.
/ presume you are all aware of the
peculiar manner in which toad seizes
his prey. The root of his tongue is
fastened in the very frount of his up
per jaw, while the tip lies far down his
throat. 1t thus lies directly over his
windpipe, and he would not be able to
breathe were not his tongue perforated
in the middle in exactly the right
place, so that it can act opening or
contracting, somewhat in the manner
of the glottis. When he sees any NOV
ing thing which he judges to be an in
sect, he throws the tip of his tongue
out with great accuracy OF aim, picks
the insect up and thrusts it down his
throat with the rapidity OF lightning.
Lay down an apple core, or little
piece of shingle smeared with molasses
near a toad and you must watch very
sharply to see how it is that he so rap
idly transfers every fly that settles on
your bait to his own stomach.
The accuracy of aim in the young
toad is similar to the accuracy with
which the young quail or chicken
picks up grain. A young chicken,
having only its head out of the shell,
picked up a fly that lighted near it.
And, said Mr.. Calthrop, when you
consider the nice cooperation of ner-
vous and muscular movement neces-
sary to this feat, you will perceive that
the chicken must have been practicing
fiy-catching in the person of its an
cestry for thousands of millions of
years. But once had curious proof
that the toad is capable of improve
ment by practice. Under a beehive
in a garden at Cambridge l observed
for several successive summers a toad
watching for overloaded bees who
failed to reach the threshold Of
the hives. No sooner did they
fall ON the ground than he snapped
them up. But one day | saw he
had lost by some accident his right
eye, and when he struck at bee he
lost his aim and picked up dirt from
one side of the bee. He wiped his
mouth with his fore-paw and tried
again and again. The bee generally
managed to climb to the top of some
little prominence on the ground and
fly away before the toad succeeded.
The poor fellow was half starved and
grew thin, but l observed that before
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28

MR.. A. HIGGINS, of wyoming, N. Y,
says he had the piles for nearly 40 years,
and was cured by usiug Gilmore's Pile
geles.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28

have employed nurse for her, and
the philosopher promises to see that
she wants for nothing after | have
gone. Tomorrow Mamie, Frank
and / start for New York, where in
two weeks we are engaged to present
Destiny" l have no fears for the
play, but Frank is so dreadful.y anx-
ious that he has made me feel
little nervous too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25
WEEKS MILLS.

Dirigo Lodge F. and A. Masons held pub
lie installation of officers on Saturday eve,
Oct Sth. H. o. Halves, d. d. G. NJ, of the
eleventh masonic district, with the assistance
of George Pray, D. d. G. NJ. of the
seventh district, installed the off
GERS of the lodge as follows
J. II. Barton, W. M; F. E Hollowell, S.
W.; R. N. Barton, J. W.. II. S. Gray, Treas.
G. A. Merrill, Secy.; A. d. Miller, Chap.
E. FL. Mosher, Marshal; J. F. Plummer, S.
D.; j. W. Boynton, J. d.. J. F. Hammond,
S. S.; G. P. Pierce, j. S. G. A. Clark, Tyler.
After listening to interesting remarks from
visiting brethren the members of the
fraternity with their ladies adjourned to the
hall below where bountiful repast, consisting
ofoysters, cake, coffee, etc, had been prepared
by the ladies. The company retired to their
homes satiated and satisfied that Dirigo
Lodge is III prosperous conditional
special meeting of the Board of Health of
the town of China met at Weeks Mills, at
the Office of DR.. G. J. Nelson, secretary of
the board, on the 18th inst to take charge
of the typhoid fever case in the
family of A. j. Meader. The secre-
tary was authorized to employ a
suitable nurse for Mrs. Meader, which has
been done. Mrs. Mesder is in fair way to
recover.-Within few weeks two new stores
have been opened in our town. Mr.. George
Mcclure has opened a grocery store al
Weeks Mills, and Mr.. w. Thomson has
rented the store owned and formerly occupied
by W. r. Ward at China Village. Mr.
Thomson deals in groceries and provisions
and seems to be live in man the right place
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25
CHIN A.

School has commenced in the new school
house in the village district, under the care
of Miss Caddie o. Fall, who has previously
assisted in the Academy.-Mr. j. A. Wood
sum is starting his hay presses, but the price
of hay rules low. Mr.. w. has made ex-
tensive repairs and improvements on his
house this summer Waited. a piano tuner
to return and pay his board bill to
Landlady Dow. The P. T. is somewhat
tall in statute and wore a Greeley hat
and tight shoes.-Rev. Ira Emery and
wife are away on vacation. The wife of
Rev. w. B. Eldridge is also away visiting
her parents.-A wedding occurred on Satur-
day evening at the residence of Capt. J. M.
Brown on China Neck. the contracting par
ties being Mr.. Fred Wallace, lately of Bar
Hsrbor and Miss Florence Moore, sister of
Mrs. Brown. The Rev. Mr.. Eldridge per-
formed the ceremony. The presents were
numerous. The welded couple go to Bar
Harbor this week. The new blacksmith Mr..
Clark, has plenty of work.-Mrs. A. B.
Fletcher is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Arey,
st Orrington. Master Wllfred Jones, of
Belfast, rode into town on his bicycle last
week.-Your correspondent keeps a weather
record, and finds that christmas week of
1877 was the finest in his knowledge, being
like October weather." The wheeling held
good until Jan. l, and the fall of snow was
light through January and February.
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Colby Notes.

At meeting of the Colby Oracle Assoca
ton, Oct. %, the following officers were
elected LIST Managing Editor, W. w. Merrill
2nd Managing Editor, A. F. Drummond
Secretary, F. A. Gilmore; Treasurer, N. S
Burbank. The Junior parts have been
assigned as follows 1st, Greek, Lincoln
Owen; 2nd, Latin, Hattie Parmenter; Sd
French, Harry Frye; 4th, English, Eugen ne
Sampson.-Some fine apparatus has just been
received, and placed in position in the gym
nasium. 1t consists of chest weights,
new clubs. dumb bells, and wands. -
Attendance at the gymnasium is to be made
compulsory after the first of November. The
Zeta Psi Fraternity held its initiation of new
members Friday night. The following were
the initiated: Dennis Bangs, Alvsh Chapman,
Charles Pesse. Charles Noyes, George Stod
dard, Jay Perkins and William Smith. The
banquet was held at Crockett's. -Pres Pepper
met the students for the first time this term,
at chapel Sunday morning.-Mr. J. F. Tilton
is to represent the Delta Epsilon Fraternity
at its National Convention to be held with the
Rutgers Chapter, New Brunswick, N. j. Oct
26-7-S
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WINTHROP.

Especial correspondence eff the Journal.
this week at the great boat race beteen Teemer
and Gaudaur. Teemer and his trainers are
stopping at Townsend's at the head of the
lake and Gaudaur and his trainers, Lee and
Conley are stopping at the Winthrop House,
these famous oa-smen can be seen any day
on the lake practicing, and draw large crowds.
Mr.. Lovejoy, formerly of the Winthrop
House now of Bethel, was in town few days
last week.-A. L. Andrews, Esq, has opened
law office here.--I. D. Hodsdon, ESQ.,, of
WAYNE, who studied law in County Attorney
Cartons Office, was admitted TO the bar TO
practice law in all the courts of this State
last week. He passed very creditable examina-
tion, and intends to open law office in W inthrop
Mr. Hodsdon is young man of sterling char
acter, fine ability. and We predict that he will
have brilliant career as an attorney at law.
Mr.. Hodsdon has labored under peculiarly
hard pecuniary disadvantages 10 fit himself
for his chosen profession, but knowing no
such word as fail he has gone forward with
steady resolute purpose and received ad-
mission TO the bar. We wish him abundant
prosperity s. Kelly. Esq, has sold out
his grocery business to Geo Lowell and Chss.
Webster.-C. l. Bailey and wife have been
on two weeks trip to Montreal. Mr.
Bailey is senior member of The firm of C. NJ.
Bailey's Sons & Co. He is Young
man of rare business talent and verv
popular whenever known; his friends
intend if they can get his consent, to NOM
mate and elect him senator from Kennebec
next year. No better election could be made
The Congregational church is yet without
a pastor.-Rev. Stephen Allen, ID d. reports
good sales thus far OF his book, History of
Methodism in Maine - The now famous
Chas. +. Stain, who passes as the accuser of
his father, is well known 10 Winthrop. No
stock is taken in any of his statements here, in
fact he was living here and counting young
lady whom he afterwards married, at the
time he says he was in Massachusetts and
coming to Maine on the Star of the East an
driving to Waterville, Brighton, &c. And
his story about the Winthrop bank robbery
is known here to be utterly destitute of
scintilla of truth Now it can easily be
verified that he was living here up to the time
he went to Lewiston, where he stole the team
for which he was sent to State prison three
years, May 4, 1873, and thus proven con-
clusively that so far as the going to Water
vile, Bingham, &c. with his gang is concern
ed, his story is utterly false So 10 regard
to his statement about his father confessing
about the Barron murder to him in Massa-
chusetts. 1t can be easily shown that he
was in Winthrop at the time he says his
father confessed to the killing of Barron to
him in Massachusetts. Chas. F. Stain is
known in Winthrop as supreme and ra-
diant liar.-The long wished for rain came
at last
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NORTH VASSALBORO.

Mrs. Wilson Ward, of China, has been
spending few days with her sister, Mrs. W.
Crowell.-The father and mother of M. X
Dwinell are here from their home in Yer
mont on a visit to their son.-It is expected
that the present postmaster will step down and
out this week, and the newly appointed one
VIM. Murray, will step up. Mr.. Burgess, the
present incumbent has given general salts
faction since his appointment and nearly
everyone is sorry to have him vacate the
office. His reasons for handing in his resig-
nation will be best explained by the fact that
he has in view trip to Southern California
where his brother, Chester C. Burgess, is now
stopping. We shall all regret to have Mr.. B.
leave our village, but the bare facts are that
there is no inducement for a man Of sny push
to remain in the place until there is some
change made in affairs.-Rev. f. A. Vinal,
pastor of the Baptist church is taking two
weeks vacation.
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New Corporations.

The following new corporation. have AIed
certificates of organization with the Secretary
of State:
The Otis Falls Pulp Company organized a,
cortland, Maine with capital stock of sI5o- :.
Ooo; amount paid in. $500; par value of
snares, 500. The stockholders are Hugh i.
Chisholm, Charles A. Brown, Elias B. DEM.
son and Daniel F. Emery, Jr.. all of PORT.
iand, Me-, and A. n. Burbank of Boston
Mass The officers are, president, E. b.
henson; treasurer, Hugh J. Chisholm !:
directors, Hugh Chisholm, E. B. Denison
ana Daniel +. Emery, Jr. The purposes of
THIS corporation are to carry on the business of
manufacturing, buying and selling pulp, paper
ana wood board, and all the incidents thereof.
including machinery and tools and all manner
Oh supplies, and buying, selling and leasing
OF power at Jay, in the county of Franklin
and State of Maine, but said buying and SELL
ing may also be done at said Portland or else
where.
The New England Liquid Fuel Company.
organized at Portland with capital stock of
sl5,oo0; amount paid in, Sc; par value of
shares, 81. The stockholders are Oliver P.
FRAN, West Somerville, Mass; John Gray.
Arlington, Mass. Edwin D. Sibley, Somer-
vile, Mass. The officers are, President,
Diver Z. Prall. Treasurer. John Gray;
Trustees, Oliver P. Prall, John Gray, and
Edwin ID. Sibley. The purposes of the cor
poration are manufacturing, buying and
selling Of Kerosene Heaters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

The Welsh Singers who appear in Granite
hall. Friday evening, will be assisted by the
eminent harp soloist Mr.. Walter F. Baker.
CONCERT.
The concert to be given tonight by the
Fiske Jubilee Singers will most happily open
the musical season. These singers have a
world wide reputation.
OF a recent appearance in Boston the
Advertiser says: So uniformly excellent
were the numbers that it is difficult to make
special comment, except to say that, from
the beautiful opening place to the familiar
cad noes of "Swing low, sweet chariot, and
the reyential benediction, there seemed
nothing wanting to make the performance
perfect of its kind. There Is special
charm attaching to these wild, rhythmic
nlsntation HYMNS or "splrituals, modlned
by the refining tendencies of presentation be
fare the best audiences in two continents
The entertainments of the Jubilee Singers Is
nnioue in this end in the peculiar adsptioh
of religious pieces to secular audiences ov
toucbes of brightness, which have in them
nothing of irrevences. The power and
scope of the voices of this company are re-
markble. and they have been cultivated to q
fine finish of tone. The audience last even
ing was thoroughly appreciative, testifylng
this by its generous applause.
No lover of music can afford TO miss the
opportunity. Meonian hall, tonight at
o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

Gen. James Fowler, of Albion, a gentle
man 80 wears old, was recently met by a
Journal representative. He has been a sub
scrber to the Journal since it was first started
under the Hon. Luther Severance and says
that it is the best paper in the State. Gen.
Fowler is only one of a vast number who thus
compliment the Journal, but his extreme age
and the height of his acquaintance with papers
make his commentator valuable.
Mr.. John A. Woodsum the hay dealer has
not removed his office to Waterville as has
been reported by some papers, but has taken
an additional office at Waterville and still
keeps his Auguta office and is ready for
business there as usual, and is buying large
quantities of hay in Augusta, Manchester
VassalbOro, China, Winslow, Benton, Fair.
field, Waterville, Sidney and Albion. He
has five hay presses in operation and expects
to start on or two more soon. as there are
large quantities of hay to handle this sea.
son.
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The Raymond and whitcomb California
Tours.

Mes srs. Raymond and Whitcomb will send
their California tourists across the continent
in royal style. The first party will leave
Boston Thursday, November 10, in new and
magnificent train of vestibule Pullman palace
cars, which will include a palatial dining-car
These new appointments of travel leave
nothing to be desired. Everything will be
OF the most luxurious character. The scope
of the excursions will be considerably widened
this year, and all the leading resorts on the
Pacific coast will be included; while the in
dependent tickets, so successfully introduced
last year, will give the greatest possible free
dom to persons who desire to look about the
Pacific coast on their own account and with
out any fixed programme. There will be
nineteen different parties returning, with a
choice of five different routes, and all
tickets are good to return independently on
any train until July l, 1888. descriptive
circular of 1872 pages, giving every required
detail of these magnificent tours, can be OBJ
tanned by addressing W. Raymond, 296
Washington ST., Boston
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Personals.

Mr.. J. II. Alvord, graduate of Cornell
University, was in the city yesterday.
DR.. Young, Secretary of the Maine Board
of Health left yesterday, for a trip to Boston.
Hon. Seth NJ. Carter of Auburn was in the
city Yesterday on business connected with the
State Land Office.
Labor Commissioner Matthews reports
matters in Northern Aroostook, prosperous.
This is one of the most flourishing and rapidly
developing sections Of Maine.
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Don't Experiment..

You cannot afford to waste time in expert.
menting when your lungs are in danger.
Consumption always seems at first only a
cold. 10 not permit any dealer to impose
upon you with some cheap imitation of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the
genuine. Because he can make more profit
he may tell you he has something just as
good. or just the same. Don't be deceived,
but insist upon getting DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery, which is guaranteed to give relief in
all Throat, Lung and Chest affections. Trial
bottles free at Devine & Coughin's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

One of the sights which al ways inspires the
soul Of the small boy with profound admir-
alton is the agile river driver as he gracefully
rides on the big spruce log down the current
Of the river. The snall boy doesn't give a
continental for Shakespeare, or Demosthenes,
or Webster; he cares nothing at all for these
luminares, but let his eye once rest on a
weather beaten sailor as he chews his ten cent
cud and tells yarns of storms and
wrecks or on river driver as he leaps from
one rolling log to another, and his imaginative
young mind conjures up such an atmosphere
of worldly bliss as never iuvades the soberer
imagnations of age. 1t isn't every mamma
or papa that understands boy nature deeply
enough to know that the little man in their
charge had much rather be clown in
a circus than the author of Pilgrims
Progress. But fortunately childhood is
not permitted to pick vacations else
this would be even a stranger world than it
is. One of these small boys grew tired Of
waiting for the bonors of river driving and
!esleruaN started out on u sludll way ny hihi
sells. For a short time there was whirling
spectacle of rolling log and frightened boy,
and then the young athlete bsthed his heated
brow in the cool waters of the Kennebec
Fortunately the water was shallow and he
easily waded ashore. His ideas of river driv-
ing had been rudely crushed and now he had
rather be the end man in a minstrel troupe
than anything else in the world
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

MIR. VIM. n. Soule has built at his resi-
denee on Sewall street one of the most
original and convenient pleasure boats
which we have ever seen. large
paddle wheel which is operated by crank
on either side occupies the center, The
craft is steered by rudder which is operated
by wheel. This boat was constructed by
Mr.. Soule for a family fishing boat and is
wide and roomy and difficult to tip. The
Journal scribe visited this craft at the little
pond owned by Hon. J. Manchester Haynes,
where it was recently launched and enjoyed a
turn in it. 1t operates easily and displays
considerable speed. We congratulate Mr.
Soule on his ingenius and serviceable innova-
ton on the ordinary methods of boat build
ing.
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HALLOwELL.

Mr.. Will Chase returned Saturday from 8
two weeks visit to Boston and vicinity.
The Holland exhibit of hosiery and kni,
goods at the Mechanics Fair, Boston, is
spoken of as very fine. Mr.. Chss Holland
formerly conducted his business in this city
but moved to Worcester some time since.
Miss Flora B. Osborn of Washington, d.
c., niece OF Mrs. Gen. Tlden of this city, de.
parted for West Medford, Mass, with her
cousin Mrs. Ella Gilman, last week. Miss
Osborn visits sometime in Massachusetts and
in Baltimore, Md, before returning to her
home
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Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail
Druggists of Rome Ga, say: We have been
selling DR. Kings New Discovery, Electric
Bitters and Bucklin's Arnica Salve for two
years. Have never handled remedies that
sell as well, or give such uniyersal satisfac-
ton There have been some wonderful cures
effected by these medicines in this city.
Several cases of pronounced Consumption
have been entirely cured by use of few
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery. taken
in connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by Devine &
Coughlin
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Rules

for the care of the sick. How to cure disease,
its symptoms and causes, and other informa-
ton of great value will be found in old DR..
Kaufmann's great book; 100 pages. fine
colored plates. Send three 2-cent stamps to
pay postage to A. P. Ordway & Co., Boston,
Mass, and receive a copy free. oct25d&wlt
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The Governor and Council will meet at ten
o'clock this morning. Two hearings on
petitions for the appointment of special con-
stables and the hearings on petitions for par
don have been assigned for today.
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lALE's HONEY is the hest Cough Cure ., SOC, 81.
GLESN's SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauties, 25c-
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns & Banions. 25c-
HILLS HAIR & WHIsKER DYE-Black & Brown, SOC
PlEE'S TooTHACHE DROPS cure in Minute, 25c
DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS are sure cure, SOC
Isn97tend&vIv
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

1t is no wonder that invalids lose faith in
all specifics, when so many worthless med
icines are advertised to cure various diseases,
but which, when tried, are ''found wanting"
We have yet to learn, however, of the first
failure of DR.. Wistar's Balsam OF Wild Cherry
to cure coughs and pulmonary disease.
oct25d&wIw
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A large amount of coal is being shipped
over the Maine Central railroad at present
by our coal dealers to the various towns along
the line of the road, which are getting in
their fall and winter supply.
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Keep your liver I'm good, healthy

working condition, and you will then have a
good appetite, be free from indigestion, sick
headache. heartburn. costiveness and all the
ills that flesh is heir to. Steele's Little Bile
Pills can be taken with the utmost confidence
that they will achieve this feat. They are
purely vegetable in composition, and are I'M
equalled as cleanser of the system. They
are easy to take, and entirely free from grip
ing. Price % cents per bottle at J. NJ. Mixer
and C B. Murnhr & Co.
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An Augusta man engaged in digging a
trench yesterday in his garden discovered a
strange looking reptile Of the lizard order.
We understand the specimen is to be pre-
served in alcohol.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-25

A small Augusta boy undertook to have a
circus and menagerie with neighbours dog
Yesterday. The boy will probably be out
again in few days.